California’s eviction moratorium is coming to an end June 30. Since the earliest days of the pandemic, housing analysts have worried about a tsunami of evictions whenever the state lifts protections for renters. Will there be an eviction tsunami when the moratorium ends? Or a smaller wave? CalMatters asked Carolina Reid, associate professor of city […]
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Rent, Mortgage Relief Available for Qualifying County Residents
The Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services has created the Humboldt County Eviction Prevention Program, which provides relief funding through the CARES Act for county residents who have fallen behind rent and mortgage payments since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March. Income qualified residents can receive up to $5,000 in payments directly to […]
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How COVID is Deepening California’s Income Inequality in 5 Charts
The decade dawned on a California that was both “the richest and poorest” state in the nation, in the words of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Wages for the top 10% of California’s earners had grown three times as fast as those of the bottom 10% of earners since 1980 — all as the cost of buying or […]
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Times-Standard: Arcata City Council Extends COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium, Moves Ahead with Affordable Housing Measure
The Times-Standard is reporting that the Arcata City Council voted unanimously to extend a temporary moratorium on evictions for failure to pay rent due to coronavirus-related hardships. Read the full story here.